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LAWRENCE B. KOI-INLE AND WILLIAM B. HAMILTON, OE LIMA, OHIO,

I AssIeNons To `.IAMEs IRVINE, OE sAME PLAOE.

BOLTING-CHEST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,561, dated March25, 1884:.

Application tiled October 25, 1883.

To @ZZ whom it nwty concern.-

Be it known that we, LAWRENCE B. KOIINL'E and WILLIAM B. HAMILTON,citizens of the United States of America, residing at Lima, in thecounty of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in BoltingGhests, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in bolting-chests.

Our invention relates more especially to iniprovements in the reels andtheir attachments in bolting-chests. y

-Figure l is an inside view of the reel-head. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection through line x of the same, and also through the contiguousportion of the boltingchest. It shows also the adjustment of the reelend and its attachments in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a View of theoutfecdspout, (and its lateral danges) which is attached to the outsideot' the bolting-chest, and which leads through the opening seen in theshort projecting sleeve on the central or stationary section into thereel. Fig. 4t is a vertical section through a portion of the bolting-chest and the reel-head, and shows the adjustment of th latter inspaces and dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a view of the moving section of thereel-head, as seen from the inside. Fig. 6 is a vertical section throughboth sections of the reel-head, the danged ring, andA the feedspout, theparts being separated to identify them. Fig. 7 is a side elevation ofthe inner or stationary plate of.` the reel-head as seen from theinside.

A is the reelhead. `It is in two sections or parts, a and b; Section ais in the form of a concentric ring, preferably of metal, which may becast or spun fron'ithe sheet, and is directly attached to the end of theframe of the reel, and revolves with it. In apolygonal reel, its

' edges extend outwardly, and may include the sides and angles, whileits whole inner portionis a deep annular ring, f, with its projectng,angle, extendingwithin the reel to form a wide daring surface, m, withinthe ring, the obj ect of which is to throw the meal, which falls uponthis daring surface from the feedand is Ofcircular form.

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spout in a spray upon the cloth, thereby more completely distributingit, and shortening the process of separation.

The sectional views, Figs. 2, 4, and 6, eX- hibit theinwardly-projectingannulus f, which forms the revolving circular apron for distributing themeal into the reel, as described.

In these figures it will be noticed that the outer or revolving plate,a, has a rib, b', extending around it inside, between the raised angularring or annulus and the edge iiange 2, parallel with the edges, to allowot' the head-bands or frame-pieces 3 being let in outside of the rib.`

Thehead-seetion a is secured to the head-bands `3 by screws, whichextend through the exterior flange, 2, into them. The rib b tends tosupport the head-bands, Ywhich provide for the attachment of the ends ofthe cloth to the reel-head, and it also serves to strengthen the latter.-side of the reel-head with a portion of the thin plate of metal, withan opening through the short sleeve or mouth-piece d, (extending Thestationary section b of the head is aat upward therefrom on the outsideof the plate,) The plate b has a semicircular ledge, l, extending from apoint in the same plane with the center to the opposite side near theedge of the plate. This ledge is on the inside under the opening (Z, andprevents tlIe meal from the feed-spout@ (which eX- tends into the reel'through the open sleeve d) from falling into the joint between the edgesof the plates below.' The plate b is laid with its exteriorvedge againstthe inner dange, a', of section a, and the open ring c is placed over itand screwed to a', forminga groove for b, as shownin views 1,2, 3, ringc b'eing'formed with a rabbet on the inside of the same, as seen inFigs. 2 and 6. When plate b is secured in place, section a (which isfast to the reel) is free to revolve around b. The center of plate b isa wooden block, h, secured therein by screws extending toward the centerthrough a band or collar, i, which extends out laterally from the platearound the hole in which block h is inserted. rIhe object of block h isto lessen the friction upon the journal a, which extends through it, andthe block extends outward far enough to prevent the reel-head fromtouch,- ing the head-boards of the chest. This block IOO is not entirelycircular, as its top part is cut off by the spout-mouth or sleeve d,which extends from plate b above it.

e is an inclined spout, which is attached to the outside of thebolting-chest by its wide flanges e,which extend from its sideslaterally over the hole formed by sleeve d, covering the open space inthe sleeve entirely, thus preventing any dust from the reel being blownout above or below the spout e through the space left in the sleeve foradjustment.

In Fig. 2 the reelhead is shown with a downward adjustment, and an openspace is seen in sleeve d belowr the spout e. In Fig. 4 an open space isseen in sleeve cl above the spout e, the reel-head in this figure beingshown with an upward adjustment. Spout e is about the same horizontalwidth in its out` side diameter as the inside of sleeve e, (fitting thelatter snugly between its sidesg) but it is much less in its verticaldiameter than the sleeve, to allow the latter to be moved up or downover it in the adjustment of the head end of the reel without disturbingthe spout.

The feed-spout c extends out through the walls of the chest beyond theframe, and is flanged at the top end to provide for its connection witha down spout or other attachment.

The hole g seen in the head-board of the chest through which the journaln of the reelshaft extends may be vertically oblong, or a box providedwith vertical adjustment may be used as abearing for the journal. Theblock h inthe center of section b has no bearing upon the journal n ofthe reel-shaft, except from the weight of the fixed section b, thissection not being supported by the reel-arms or the frame of the reel.

We claim as our inventionl. In a reel-head, the combination of a ring orannulus, a stationary disk within the same, an opening in said disk, anda feed-spout extending through said opening, with means for closing thelatter in adjusting ther reel-head.

.2. In a bolting-chest, the combination of a reel-head with a revolubleannulus, a non-revoluble disk, a sleeve-opening in said disk,

and a feed-spout of less vertical diameter than the opening in saidsleeve extending from the head-boards of the chest through the latter,with flanges extending therefrom covering said opening, to prov ide forthe adjustment of the reel-head, as set forth.

In a bolting-chest, the combination of a feed-spout, an adjustable reel,and a reel-head, a non-revoluble central circular section provided witha short sleeve extending outward therefrom to adapt it for the insertionof the feed-spout, the opening in said sleeve being of greater verticaldiameter than said feed-spout, to allow of the adjustment of thereel-head, irrespective of the latter. 4. In a reel-head, arevolublesection, a, annulus f, projecting inwardly therefrom, and an innerflange, a, in combination with a fixed section,b, sleeve d, openingtherein, semicircular ledge l, block h, and ring c with rabbet i',adapted to be bolted to section a over the edge of section b to form agroove for the latter, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a bolting-chest, a feed-spout, e, with upper and lower flanges, e,in combination with the reel-head A,constructed as described, andadapted for adjustment vertically over said spout, as set forth.

' 6. In areel'-head,A,constructed as described, the combination withsection b, and flange i, projecting therefrom, of the wooden block h,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with the shaft'sn and concentric disk-shaped metalsection b, having the projecting ilange c', of the wooden block h, asand for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

8. In a reel-head, the combination of flange 2,rib b', extending atright angles inward therefrom, and head-bands 3, as and for the purposehereinbefore set forth.

In testimony'whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

LAWRENCE B. KOHNLE. L. s.

W'ILLIAM B. HAMILTON.' [1.. s.] .Witnessesr v J. J. FERRALL,

JAMEs O. OHLER.

